Madeleine Albright to speak at St. John’s in Shrewsbury

SHREWSBURY 
Former Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright will speak at St. John’s High School Jan. 23 as part of the Abdella Center for Ethics Lecture Series.

Her talk, “The Courage to Listen,” will discuss her concerns about the breakdown of civility in dialogue and focus on ways to restore international discourse. She will take questions from students after the lecture.

Ms. Albright was ambassador to the United Nations from 1991 until January 1997, when she became secretary of state. She was secretary of state for four years and was the first woman to hold that office.